The Heavens: Cthulhu started from Hokage

Shirabuchi and Mikoto rushed to Konoha as fast as they could, and saw the peaceful scene of Konoha Village from a distance.

Businessmen came and went, and the guarding ninjas squinted their eyes in boredom, lazing around in their spare time. The whole village was peaceful.

It was clear that no ghouls were present in Konoha.

Are his worries unnecessary?

Bai Yuan thought:

"Is it because the ghoul mutation occurred in the suburbs and has not spread to Konoha City yet?"

He shook his head. In any case, he had to go back and inform the Third Hokage about the possible invasion of ghouls in the village.

Although he doesn't like the top management of Konoha, he needs prestige.

As the area with the highest concentration of plot characters in the Naruto world, Konoha is simply a treasure trove of prestige points.

By the time he came to Konoha Village, the place had provided him with more than 3000 prestige points in total.

Baibuchi doesn't want to leave Konoha for the time being, and he definitely doesn't want his experience pool to be damaged during his stay in Konoha.

So Baibuchi quickly passed through the bustling main road of Konoha and arrived under the Hokage's office building in less than 5 minutes.

He pushed open the door of the office building and said to the ninja in the duty room on the first floor:

"Where is Lord Hokage? I want to see him."

The ninja in the duty room was blowing a fan, holding a book called "The Story of Strong Perseverance" in his hand, and replied lazily without raising his head:

"Sandaime, he is not here."

"Not here? Then where did he go?"

The ninja in the duty room pointed in one direction and looked at the genin forehead protector on Bai Yuan's forehead, with a strange expression:

"White Fang, who was famous in the village, committed suicide a few days ago. His funeral is being held at the cemetery. All the famous people have passed by. As a ninja in the village, you don't know about such a big event?"

Bai Yuan touched his head and smiled:

"I've been out on missions these days, so I don't know."

After White Fang died, Baibuchi asked Orochimaru to use scientific technology to transform the corpse of a rebel ninja into the appearance of White Fang, making Konoha think that White Fang was indeed dead.

It turns out that Konoha is now using the fake White Fang corpse to hold funerals.

He turned around and ran towards the village cemetery. The dense buildings around him gradually became sparse, and he soon saw Konoha's cemetery.

The cemetery was already filled with people. The custom in the Naruto world is that when holding a funeral, you need to wear black uniforms to show solemnity.

But there are exceptions, and that is Naruto.

Most of the time, the Hokage wears a red robe with a white background to show the Hokage's identity and majesty.

There was indeed a little white in the crowd, and the one in white robe was naturally Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third Hokage of Konoha Village.

Bai Yuan stepped into the open black iron gate of the cemetery. The entire funeral scene was solemn and silent. Everyone lowered their heads and held pale yellow chrysanthemums in their hands.

White Fang's tombstone was placed in a conspicuous position. In front of the tombstone, Kakashi stood blankly, and next to him was Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Along the way, Baibuchi could see people pointing at Kakashi at the funeral. They said this:

"Hey, look, how come White Fang's son Kakashi showed no expression at all when he came to his father's funeral? Didn't he even shed a few tears?"

"I heard that Hatake Sakumo is very ruthless and a cold-blooded machine who kills people without batting an eyelid. Maybe he also behaves like this at home, so he has a weak relationship with his son."

"Makes sense!"

Another human said:

"Don't talk about people behind their backs like this. Maybe Kakashi was numb because he was hit too hard. When he is really sad, the crying and crying in the novel are all fake."

No matter what the points they discussed were different, the unanimous conclusion was:

Never give up the mission for the sake of your partners.

In their opinion, Hatake Sakumo's death was just deserved.

Bai Yuan didn't pay attention to the gossip of this rabble. He walked straight towards Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of the tombstone.

Arriving in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shirabuchi said calmly:

"Lord Hokage."

"It's Bai Yuan."

Sarutobi turned around, and Shirabuchi saw that the wrinkles on his face had deepened, and his expression was full of sadness, which was in sharp contrast to Kakashi's calm expression.

Before Bai Yuan could speak, Sarutobi spoke first, his tone full of gravity:

"I don't understand why Sakumo is so confused!"

"Lord Hokage..."

"Sakumo is in his prime, and his prestige is only lower than that of me. It's just a mission failure. I wanted to comfort him, but I didn't expect that Sakumo would do something so unpleasant to his relatives and enemies. What a smart move!”

"Master Hokage, I..."

"I originally wanted to help Sakumo ascend to the position of Hokage after retirement, but I didn't expect that he would..."

Every time Shirabuchi wanted to speak, Sarutobi would interrupt what he was about to say, and he would also look like he was constipated and sad, which made Shirabuchi feel a little helpless.

After Sarutobi finished speaking and before he could get angry again, Shirabuchi hurriedly spoke, interrupting Sarutobi's long speech:

"Lord Hokage, I have something important to report!"

Sarutobi was stunned for a moment, and the situation suddenly became awkward.

He originally thought that Shirabuchi, as Hatake Sakumo's old subordinate, came to Hatake Sakumo's funeral to express his emotions, but he didn't expect that he actually came to see him for something.

Thinking about it this way, his performance just now was not exactly that of a clown.

However, Sarutobi is a veteran ninja politician after all, and his expression is like changing his face in a Sichuan opera, suddenly changing from sad to calm and steady.

He put his hands behind his back and said calmly:

"You said there was something important?"

"Exactly."

Bai Yuan nodded and pointed in the distance in the direction he had just come from:

"I unexpectedly encountered a powerful humanoid monster outside the village. It was amazingly powerful and extremely ferocious. I was worried that this creature would pose a threat to the village, so I came here to report it."

When Sarutobi heard the words "humanoid monster", his expression suddenly turned cold, and what came to mind was Orochimaru's face.

He had long heard rumors that Orochimaru was conducting human experiments secretly, but there was no evidence.

Sarutobi originally wanted to support his most favored disciple Orochimaru to come to power after ousting the Fourth Hokage's biggest rival, Hatake Sakumo.

But if it was really an accident caused by Orochimaru's human experiments, then he really needs to reconsider whether Orochimaru is mature enough and stable enough to take on the responsibility of Hokage.

Sarutobi thought:

"We will talk about everything later. The first thing to deal with now is the problem of humanoid monsters mentioned by Nanami Shirabuchi."

As the saying goes: If I don’t look for the mountain, the mountain will look for me.

Sarutobi was thinking about the ghoul problem when an ANBU covered in mud suddenly stumbled in at the gate of the cemetery. He ran up to Sarutobi Hiruzen in horror, knelt down on the ground, and shouted:

"Oops, something happened! Something happened at the village gate!"